Cardinalities
All numbers use CARDINALITY_OTHER; no value selects a different form.
Example: 2 ມື້.
Cardinality Ranges
Every range resolves to CARDINALITY_OTHER because every endpoint is CARDINALITY_OTHER, so no range can select a different form.
Ordinalities
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ORDINALITY_ONE
Matches
n = 1Example Integers:
1 -
ORDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
all other valuesExample Integers:
0, 2, 16, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, …
Ordinality example
This localized strings example uses complete CLDR minimal-pair patterns to demonstrate every ordinality category defined for the locale.
Source: Unicode CLDR 48.2 lo locale data.
Sample localized strings file
{ "Ordinal.MinimalPair": { "commentary": "Demonstrates every CLDR ordinal category defined for this locale.", "translation": "{{ordinalExample}}", "placeholders": { "ordinalExample": { "value": "ordinalValue", "translations": { "ORDINALITY_ONE": "ລ້ຽວຂວາໂຕທີ {{formattedOrdinalValue}}.", "ORDINALITY_OTHER": "ລ້ຽວຂວາທີ {{formattedOrdinalValue}}." } } } } }
Usage and expected results
JavaScript
The JavaScript code passes each raw number to ordinalityForNumber(...) and formats its display value separately with Intl.NumberFormat. Ordinal rules are an optional import, lokalized/data/ordinal.
import { createStrings } from "lokalized"; import { ordinalData, ordinalityForNumber } from "lokalized/data/ordinal"; import { readStringsFromDirectory } from "lokalized/node"; const locale = "lo"; const strings = createStrings({ localizedStringSupplier: () => readStringsFromDirectory("strings").catalogs, fallbackLocale: locale, localeSupplier: () => locale, pluralData: { ordinal: ordinalData }, }); const numberFormat = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale); // Raw numbers select language forms; Intl.NumberFormat produces the display values // ORDINALITY_ONE const oneOrdinalValue = 1; const oneFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(oneOrdinalValue); ordinalityForNumber(oneOrdinalValue, locale).name; // => "ORDINALITY_ONE" strings.get("Ordinal.MinimalPair", { ordinalValue: oneOrdinalValue, formattedOrdinalValue: oneFormattedOrdinalValue, }); // => "ລ້ຽວຂວາໂຕທີ 1." // ORDINALITY_OTHER const otherOrdinalValue = 2; const otherFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(otherOrdinalValue); ordinalityForNumber(otherOrdinalValue, locale).name; // => "ORDINALITY_OTHER" strings.get("Ordinal.MinimalPair", { ordinalValue: otherOrdinalValue, formattedOrdinalValue: otherFormattedOrdinalValue, }); // => "ລ້ຽວຂວາທີ 2."
Java
The Java code passes each raw number to Ordinality.forNumber(...) and formats its display value separately with NumberFormat.
Locale locale = Locale.forLanguageTag("lo"); Strings strings = Strings.withFallbackLocale(locale) .localizedStringSupplier(() -> LocalizedStringLoader.loadFromFilesystem(Paths.get("strings"))) .localeSupplier((matcher) -> matcher.bestMatchFor(locale)) .build(); NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale); // Raw numbers select language forms; NumberFormat produces the display values // ORDINALITY_ONE Number oneOrdinalValue = 1; String oneFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(oneOrdinalValue); assertEquals(Ordinality.ONE, Ordinality.forNumber(oneOrdinalValue, locale)); // Expected: ລ້ຽວຂວາໂຕທີ 1. assertEquals("ລ້ຽວຂວາໂຕທີ " + oneFormattedOrdinalValue + ".", strings.get( "Ordinal.MinimalPair", Map.of("ordinalValue", oneOrdinalValue, "formattedOrdinalValue", oneFormattedOrdinalValue) )); // ORDINALITY_OTHER Number otherOrdinalValue = 2; String otherFormattedOrdinalValue = numberFormat.format(otherOrdinalValue); assertEquals(Ordinality.OTHER, Ordinality.forNumber(otherOrdinalValue, locale)); // Expected: ລ້ຽວຂວາທີ 2. assertEquals("ລ້ຽວຂວາທີ " + otherFormattedOrdinalValue + ".", strings.get( "Ordinal.MinimalPair", Map.of("ordinalValue", otherOrdinalValue, "formattedOrdinalValue", otherFormattedOrdinalValue) ));
Swift
Swift uses pinned CLDR rules for raw numeric values. The display strings in these assertions are fixed examples; applications format display values separately with Foundation. Default .rtlLocales bidi isolation adds FSI/PDI to interpolated values in right-to-left output.
import Foundation import Lokalized let locale = try LocaleTag("lo") let files = try LocalizedStringLoader.loadFromDirectory(URL(fileURLWithPath: "strings")) let catalogs = files.mapValues { LocalizedCatalog(strings: $0.strings) } let strings = try DefaultStrings(configuration: StringsConfiguration( localizedStringSupplier: { catalogs }, localeSupplier: { _ in locale }, fallbackLocale: locale )) let number1 = try NumericValue.forDecimal("1") let category1 = try Ordinality.forNumber(number1, locale: locale.tag) assert(category1 == .one) let message1 = try strings.get("Ordinal.MinimalPair", placeholders: [ "ordinalValue": .number(number1), "formattedOrdinalValue": .text("1"), ]) assert(ExactString(message1) == ExactString("ລ້ຽວຂວາໂຕທີ 1.")) let number2 = try NumericValue.forDecimal("2") let category2 = try Ordinality.forNumber(number2, locale: locale.tag) assert(category2 == .other) let message2 = try strings.get("Ordinal.MinimalPair", placeholders: [ "ordinalValue": .number(number2), "formattedOrdinalValue": .text("2"), ]) assert(ExactString(message2) == ExactString("ລ້ຽວຂວາທີ 2."))
Addendum: Language Form Rules
The language form expressions above are specified by Unicode Technical Standard #35 and use the following notation:
nabsolute value of the source number (integer and decimals)iinteger digits ofnvnumber of visible fraction digits inn, with trailing zeroswnumber of visible fraction digits inn, without trailing zerosfvisible fractional digits inn, with trailing zerostvisible fractional digits inn, without trailing zerosc/ecompact decimal exponent operands used by some CLDR compact-number rules